Reading List Category
Resource Type
Lesson

Lesson 1

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Website

What is Family Mediation? - Family Mediation…

by Family Mediation Council (FMC)
Essential Resource Legislation

The Family Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2023

Essential Resource Other

End of life and the European Convention on Human…

by EHCR Press Unit
Essential Resource Article

Family law and the Human Rights Act 1998:…

by Harris-Short, S.
Essential Resource Article

Why universal civil marriage is not the answer

by Probert, R.
Essential Resource Website

Non-court dispute resolution—overview

by LexisPSL Family Overviews
Essential Resource Legislation

Human Rights Act 1998

Essential Resource Other

Rights Brought Home: The Human Rights Bill

by Home Office
Essential Resource Website

What is a MIAM? - Family Mediation Council

by Family Mediation Council (FMC)
Essential Resource Article

Placing litigants in person at the centre of the…

by Mant, J.
Essential Resource Website

Supporting earlier resolution of private family…

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Website

Manchester chapel holds civil partnerships

by Carter, H.
Wider Reading Website

Liverpool couple who made history with first…

by The Unitarians
Wider Reading Legislation

Equality Act 2010

Wider Reading Legislation

Gender Recognition Act 2004

Wider Reading Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders…
Wider Reading Legislation

Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act…
Wider Reading Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

Wider Reading Legislation

Rent Act 1977

Wider Reading Website

Cafcass advises the family courts about the…

by Cafcass
Wider Reading Website

@familylaw

by Family Law News
Wider Reading Website

Practical Law

by Thomson Reuters
Wider Reading Other

Family Procedure Rules

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (…
Wider Reading Article

Transgender matters and family law - comparative…

by Eskenazi, D., Micu, Y. and Williams, S.
Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Partnership Act 2004

Wider Reading Legislation

European Convention on Human Rights 1950

Wider Reading Legislation

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

Lesson 2

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Website

Part 3 - Non-court dispute resolution

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Website

Part 7: Procedure for Applications in Matrimonial…

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Legislation

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act…
Essential Resource Website

Practice Direction 3A - Family Mediation…

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Website

Get a divorce

by GOV.UK
Essential Resource Website

Take divorce out of judges’ hands – Munby

by Baksi, C.
Essential Resource Article

The prospect of no-fault divorce: a multi-…

by Cantwell, B.
Essential Resource Article

'No fault' divorce: details which need…

by Bowden, C. et al.
Essential Resource Website

Force Marriage

by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Home Office
Essential Resource Article

Exploring predatory marriages

by Garside J
Essential Resource Legislation

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

Essential Resource Website

Taking divorce out of the courts is not an attack…

by Moore, S.
Wider Reading Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

Wider Reading Legislation

Mental Health Act 1983

Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law Act 1986

Wider Reading Legislation

Children and Families Act 2014

Wider Reading Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1857

Wider Reading Legislation

Children Act 1989

Wider Reading Legislation

Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020

Wider Reading Legislation

European Convention on Human Rights 1950

Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Partnership Act 2004

Wider Reading Website

Jagger and Hall end marriage that never was

by Guardian staff and agencies
Wider Reading Legislation

Legitimacy Act 1976

Wider Reading Legislation

Wills Act 1837

Wider Reading Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1937

Wider Reading Legislation

Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973

Wider Reading Legislation

Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants…
Wider Reading Other

Apply for a divorce or to dissolve a civil…

by HM Courts and Tribunals Service
Wider Reading Legislation

Divorce Reform Act 1969

Wider Reading Website

Divorces and dissolutions in England and Wales:…

by Office for National Statistics

Lesson 3

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Other

Guidance on "Financial Needs" on…

by Family Justice Council
Essential Resource Other

Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements

by Law Commission
Essential Resource Article

It's good to talk

by Emmerson, E.
Essential Resource Website

Part 3 - non-court dispute resolution

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Article

Home sweet home – a practical guide to dealing…

by Patel, R.
Essential Resource Article

Protecting the pension sharing order: Part 2

by Horton, M., Taylor, R. and Cobley, P.
Essential Resource Legislation

Children and Families Act 2014

Essential Resource Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders…
Essential Resource Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

Essential Resource Other

Financial statement for a financial order (…

by HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Essential Resource Other

The impact of LASPO on routes to justice

by Organ, J. and Sigafoos, J.
Essential Resource Article

A seismic change in ethos and practice

by Bowden, C.
Essential Resource Website

Financial remedy and Wyatt v Vince

by Newbury, A.
Essential Resource Article

'Freewill vs fairness' in nuptial…

by Coker, S.
Essential Resource Website

Family Procedure Rules

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Other

Sorting Out Finances on Divorce

by Family Justice Council
Essential Resource Article

Protecting the pension sharing order

by Horton, M., Taylor, R. and Cobley, P.
Wider Reading Legislation

Children Act 1989

Wider Reading Article

Domestic abuse in financial remedy applications

by Crisp, J. and Hunter, R.
Wider Reading Legislation

Pensions Act 1995

Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Partnership Act 2004

Wider Reading Legislation

Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Court Act…
Wider Reading Legislation

Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

Wider Reading Legislation

The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023…
Wider Reading Article

Equality and Autonomy in Family Law

by Hale, B.
Wider Reading Article

Why Financial Orders on Divorce Should Be Unfair

by Herring, J.
Wider Reading Other

FM5 Statement of position on non-court dispute…

by HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Wider Reading Legislation

Child Support Act 1991

Lesson 4

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Legislation

Children Act 1989

Essential Resource Website

Case Comment: Gow v Grant [2012] UKSC 29, the…

by Stowe, M.
Essential Resource Article

One size does not fit all: cohabitation agreements

by Khan-Gunns, Y and Fahy, G.
Essential Resource Website

Divorce man 'wants kidney back'

by BBC News
Essential Resource Website

Moving in together: getting a cohabitation…

by The Law Society
Essential Resource Other

Cohabitation: The Financial Consequences of…

by The Law Commission
Essential Resource Article

Should cohabiting couples have the same financial…

by Fraser, G.
Essential Resource Article

Pets are also chattels!

by Bruce, S.
Essential Resource Other

Registered title(s): whole transfer (TR1)

by HM Land Registry
Essential Resource Article

Cohabitation and de facto unions: is there still…

by Eskenazi, D. et al.
Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006

Wider Reading Article

Imputing a common intention in single ownership…

by Pawlowski, M.
Wider Reading Legislation

Cohabitation Rights Bill 2017-19

Wider Reading Legislation

Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act…
Wider Reading Article

A portable palm tree: proprietary estoppel in…

by Tattersall, L.
Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Partnership Act 2004

Wider Reading Legislation

Law of Property Act 1925

Wider Reading Legislation

Married Women’s Property Act 1882

Wider Reading Legislation

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

Wider Reading Article

Keeping up with the Jones case: establishing…

by Sloan, B.

Lesson 5

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Website

Written evidence submitted by the Law Society of…

by Domestic Abuse Bill Public Bill Committee
Essential Resource Website

Intimate image abuse – despite increased reports…

by Bottomley, B. and Bruckmayer, M.
Essential Resource Article

Domestic Violence: The Facts, the Issues, the…

by Starmer, K.
Essential Resource Other

The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving…

by Domestic Abuse Commissioner
Essential Resource Article

No longer a civil matter? The design and use of…

by Bates, L. and Hester, M.
Essential Resource Legislation

Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) (Amendment)…
Essential Resource Website

Written evidence submitted by Refuge (DAB33)

by Domestic Abuse Bill Public Bill Committee
Essential Resource Website

Home - Domestic Abuse Commissioner

by Domestic Abuse Commissioner
Essential Resource Website

A matter of life and death: abusers who strangle…

by Das, S.
Essential Resource Other

R -v- Cook (Alfie)

by Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Essential Resource Legislation

Family Law Act 1996 c. 27 Pt IV s 42 non-…
Essential Resource Legislation

Family Law Act 1996 c. 27 Pt IV s 33 occupation…
Essential Resource Article

Economic abuse: its impact on financial remedy…

by Da Costa-Waldman, E.
Essential Resource Website

New sentencing guideline for strangulation and…

by Sentencing Council
Essential Resource Website

Hansard - UK Parliament

by UK Parliament
Essential Resource Other

Government response, Domestic abuse and the…

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Legislation

Children Act 1989

Wider Reading Legislation

Domestic Abuse Act 2021

Wider Reading Legislation

Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004

Wider Reading Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing, and Punishment of…
Wider Reading Legislation

Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Wider Reading Legislation

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Wider Reading Article

The Family Court and domestic abuse: the Domestic…

by Isaac, N.
Wider Reading Website

Refuge, the largest UK domestic abuse…

by Refuge
Wider Reading Legislation

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Wider Reading Website

I'm not sure if my relationship is healthy

by Women's Aid
Wider Reading Website

Home - Women's Aid

by Women's Aid
Wider Reading Website

NOUR

by Nour
Wider Reading Legislation

Crime and Security Act 2010

Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law Act 1996

Wider Reading Website

Home | Oxfordshire County Council

by Oxfordshire County Council
Wider Reading Article

Domestic abuse and child arrangement proceedings…

by Burton M and Bettinson V,
Wider Reading Legislation

Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012

Wider Reading Legislation

Serious Crime Act 2015

Wider Reading Other

"...Don't complain" : Domestic…

by Retter, E. and Tomlinson, M.
Wider Reading Website

Barnardo's | Children's charity |…

by Barnardo's
Wider Reading Article

Prevention and protection: will the Domestic…

by Bishop C
Wider Reading Legislation

The Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (County…
Wider Reading Legislation

Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

Wider Reading Website

VOICES at the DAC - Domestic Abuse Commissioner

by Domestic Abuse Commissioner
Wider Reading Website

We are SafeLives - Ending domestic abuse

by SafeLives
Wider Reading Website

Support someone I know who is being abused

by Refuge

Lesson 6

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Website

Register a birth

by HM Government
Essential Resource Legislation

The Children Act 1989

Essential Resource Website

Named person scheme scrapped by Scottish…

by BBC News
Wider Reading Website

The Transparency Project | MAKING FAMILY JUSTICE…

by The Transparency Project
Wider Reading Website

Section 13 of the Children Act 1989 | Deed Poll…

by Deed Poll Office
Wider Reading Article

Building families through surrogacy: placing the…

by Black, G and Hopkins, N.
Wider Reading Legislation

Adoption and Children Act 2002

Wider Reading Legislation

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law Reform Act 1969

Wider Reading Legislation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990

Wider Reading Website

Finding out about your donor and genetic siblings…

by Human Fertiisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
Wider Reading Website

Jade's Law passed to limit rights of killer…

by Richards, M.
Wider Reading Article

Surrogacy law reform in the UK: the ambiguous…

by Brown, A.
Wider Reading Legislation

Family Law Act 1986

Wider Reading Legislation

Human Rights Act 1998

Wider Reading Website

@familylaw

by Family Law News
Wider Reading Article

Drawing the line – suspension of parental…

by Newby, A. J.
Wider Reading Website

Surrogacy – Law Commission

by The Law Commission
Wider Reading Article

Taking the Rights of Parents and Children…

by Choudhry, S. and Fenwick, H.
Wider Reading Legislation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008

Wider Reading Legislation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (…
Wider Reading Legislation

Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985

Lesson 7

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J.
Essential Resource Other

Local authority involvement in private law…

by Pracitical Law Family
Essential Resource Other

Practice Direction 12B – Child Arrangements…

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Other

Practice Direction 12J – Child Arrangements…

by Ministry of Justice
Essential Resource Website

Plans to protect children under new mediation…

by Ministry of Justice, Cafcass and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab
Essential Resource Other

Search Results 'child arrangements order…

by Practical Law
Essential Resource Legislation

Children Act 1989

Essential Resource Article

'Alas Poor Payne, I Knew Him': An…

by Devereux, E. and George, R.
Essential Resource Article

Children's 'wishes and feelings'…

by Cashmore, J. and Parkinson, P.
Essential Resource Article

Child relocation: the post-COVID landscape

by Hughes, S. and Rylatt, V.
Essential Resource Article

International relocation: emerging trends and how…

by Stather, J.
Essential Resource Article

Parental Alientation - Where Are We Now?

by Wiley, F.
Essential Resource Article

Presuming the status quo? The impact of the…

by Harwood, J.
Wider Reading Legislation

Human Rights Act 1998

Wider Reading Legislation

Children and Families Act 2014

Wider Reading Website

Parental alienation and the unregulated experts…

by Summers, H. and Campbell, B.
Wider Reading Other

Fact-finding hearings and domestic abuse in…

by Lady Justice Macur
Wider Reading Website

Child Maintenance Service: Make a private…

by HM Government
Wider Reading Legislation

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders…
Wider Reading Legislation

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008

Wider Reading Article

The best interests of children in an ultra-…

by Welstead, M.
Wider Reading Other

Section 91(14) barring orders

by Home Office
Wider Reading Article

Is welfare faring well? In praise of the welfare…

by Bevan, C.
Wider Reading Website

How we work out child maintenance: a step-by-step…

by Department for Work and Pensions
Wider Reading Legislation

European Convention on Human Rights

Wider Reading Legislation

Children and Adoption Act 2006

Wider Reading Website

What is a MIAM? - Family Mediation Council

by Family Mediation Council
Wider Reading Website

Shared residency not a 'magic solution'

by University of Leeds and The ESRC Research Group for the Study of Care, Values and Future of Welfare (CAVA)
Wider Reading Article

Parental alienation: is the term fit for purpose?

by Gibson, A.
Wider Reading Website

The court asks an FCA to write a report if your…

by Cafcass
Wider Reading Website

Child Maintenance Service: What child maintenance…

by HM Government
Wider Reading Website

What fees are charged when arranging child…

by Foley, N. and Wilson, S.
Wider Reading Article

Contact and Domestic Violence – The Experts…

by Sturge, C. and Glaser, D.

Lesson 8

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J
Essential Resource Website

Reporting suspected sexual abuse to be mandatory…

by PA Media
Essential Resource Website

Thousands of new foster carers urgently needed in…

by Booth, R
Essential Resource Website

Social workers given new guidance for section 20…

by Stevenson, L.,
Essential Resource Website

Children Act 1989: care planning, placement and…

by Gov.uk
Essential Resource Website

Who are ‘children in need’?

by Children's Commissioner
Essential Resource Website

Care orders and supervision orders: drafting…

by Practical Law Family
Essential Resource Website

How to prepare court bundles for family…

by Practical Law Family
Essential Resource Website

Message from the President of the Family Division…

by Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Essential Resource Website

Children Act 1989 guidance and regulations,…

by Department for Education
Essential Resource Website

Care proceedings: fact-finding non-accidental…

by Practical Law Family
Wider Reading Website

Famiy Procedure Rules

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Website

Munro review of child protection: a child-centred…

by Department of education
Wider Reading Website

The Victoria Climbie Inquiry: report of an…

by Lord Laming
Wider Reading Website

STOP PRESS : Misuse and abuse of section 20. (Re…

by Hennessey, T.
Wider Reading Article

Religion as harm? Radicalisation, extremism and…

by Taylor, R.,
Wider Reading Other

Public Law Working Group report: recommendations…

by Public Law Working Group (PLWG)
Wider Reading Website

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

by Independent inquiry child sexual abuse
Wider Reading Website

Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual…

by Jay, A.,
Wider Reading Website

The protection of children in England: a progress…

by Lord Laming
Wider Reading Website

The protection of children in England: government…

by Department for Children, Schools and Families
Wider Reading Article

In Practice: Threshold documents

by Sharpe, J,
Wider Reading Website

Nothing else will do

by McFarlane, A.

Lesson 9

Key Text eBook

Family Law

by Herring, J
Essential Resource Website

Children looked after in England including…

by Department for Education
Essential Resource Other

Beyond the Adoption Order: challenges,…

by Department of Education
Essential Resource Article

Adoption – Re B (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact…

by McFarlane, King and Couslon
Essential Resource Website

Child abduction changes

by Farrand, J., and Habershon, H.
Essential Resource Article

Revisiting child abduction: solving the problems…

by Law Commission
Essential Resource Website

Child abduction and the war in Ukraine

by Al-Omari, M.,
Essential Resource Website

Children waiting longer in care before they are…

by Adoption UK
Essential Resource Article

Maintaining children's birth family…

by Neil, E.,
Essential Resource Website

Reunite International Homepage

by Reunite International
Essential Resource Website

International parental child abduction

by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Essential Resource Website

Child Abduction Section

by HCCH
Essential Resource Website

28: Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil…

by HCCH
Essential Resource Article

Stifled Voices: Hearing Children’s Objections in…

by Fernando, M., and Ross, N.,
Wider Reading Website

Family Procedure Rules

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Website

You Can Adopt Homepage

by You Can Adopt
Wider Reading Article

‘I was putting her first’: Birth parents'…

by Lewis, S.,
Wider Reading Other

Government Response: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of…

by Deprtment of Education
Wider Reading Website

Family law disputes involving the EU: guidance…

by Ministry of Justice
Wider Reading Article

Re M (Children) (Habitual Residence: 1980 Hague…

by Harris, B.,
Wider Reading Other

Briefing paper- International Parental Child…

by Foter, D.
Wider Reading Website

FAQs: All your questions answered

by You Can Adopt
Wider Reading Website

Grow your family with adoption

by Coram amitious for adoption
Wider Reading Website

Adoption matters homepage

by Adoption matters
Wider Reading Website

Adoption UK Homepage

by Adoption UK
Wider Reading Article

Transracial adoption in England: a critical race…

by Sargent, S.,
Wider Reading Article

Adoption in England: the end of placements…

by Hayes, J., and Hayes, P.,
Wider Reading Article

"It went into a bit of an abyss": why…

by Doughty, J.,
Wider Reading Other

In the matter of K (A Child) (Northern Ireland) […

by The Supreme Court
Wider Reading Website

International Child Abduction and Contact Unit…

by The Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
Wider Reading Website

Speech by Sir Andrew McFarlane: Adapting Adoption…

by McFarlane, A.,
Wider Reading Website

Simplification of the criminal law: kidnapping…

by Law Commission